Former CM of Rajasthan Mohanlal Sukhadia dies of a heart attack

Amarjit Singh Ahluwallia, superintendent of customs, Palam Airport, awarded the President's medal for meritorious service; the first airport customs official to get it.

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October 19, 2013

ISSUE DATE: February 28, 1982

UPDATED: July 15, 2014 13:03 IST

Died: Mohanlal Sukhadia, 66, former chief minister of Rajasthan, in Bikaner, of a heart attack. He served as governor of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu between 1972 and 1977. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Udaipur in the 1980 elections.

Died: Jaisukhlal Hathi, 73, in Bombay, of a massive heart attack. A former Union labour minister and the former Punjab governor, Hathi held the portfolios of home, irrigation and power, employment and rehabilitation and defence supplies during his career as Union Cabinet minister from 1952 to 1969.

Died: Ragini Devi, 85, classical Indian dancer of the early 1920s in New York, after a stroke. Born to American parents, she came to India and learnt and later performed Bharat Natyam and Kathakali.

Re-elected: S. Sahay, editor of the Statesman, New Delhi, the president of the Editors Guild of India.

Awarded: Amarjit Singh Ahluwallia, 42, superintendent of customs, Palam Airport, the President's medal for meritorious service; the first airport customs official to get it.

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